episode8-screencasting-8aug2008-textchat


Text Chat from our first "live" show on 8 August 2008 about Screencasting for Learning

 

 08:59 ustreamer-69243 : can you hear the audio ok?

 09:00 wfryer : can you hear the audio now?

 09:02 ustreamer-62316 : no

 09:03 klmontgomery : can hear you now

 09:03 klmontgomery : ustream & skype

 09:06 wfryer : can you hear now?

 09:19 wfryer : http://ryangordonproductions.com/ustream/

 09:19 wfryer : that link shows how to use ustream and skype

 09:22 wfryer : set your color!

 09:23 klmontgomery : lime greem my favorite!

 09:23 klmontgomery : are there new forums on storychasers?

 09:24 ustreamer-84494 : Greetings from MI

 09:29 wfryer : http://www.jingproject.com/

 09:31 klmontgomery : http://www.qlipmedia.com/

 09:34 wfryer : http://skitch.com/

 09:37 klmontgomery : function + print screen

 09:39 wfryer : http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/secretcapture.html

 09:43 ustreamer-43391 : Hello from St. Charles, Mo

 09:43 tonyvincent : Nebraska---Yup!  Omaha.

 09:43 JBurkeMaine : Maine . . .  via Twitter

 09:43 ustreamer-78646 : Craig N from Minot, ND

 09:43 klmontgomery : Actually I'm in St. Peters

 09:43 ckendall : greetings from Lansing, MI

 09:43 ustreamer-43391 : From Francis Howell in St. Charles

 09:44 klmontgomery : I live in the FH school district

 09:44 JBurkeMaine : Atomic Learning . . .only subscription I have.

 09:44 ustreamer-78392 : hi

 09:44 wfryer : http://movies.atomiclearning.com/tutorials

 09:44 ustreamer-43391 :  This is Gina Hartman - I'm on METC comm. w/you

 09:45 klmontgomery : Hi Gina!

 09:45 JBurkeMaine : Interesting . . . Linda.com?

 09:45 wfryer : http://www.lynda.com/

 09:45 ustreamer-89622 : Hi! Elizabeth Holmes/Columbus,Georgia. Want to volunteer w/K-12 Online Conference!

 09:46 ustreamer-78646 : Lynda.com has some free podcasts

 09:46 wfryer : http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials.php

 09:46 wfryer : what other screencasting websites are you aware of?

 09:46 ustreamer-78646 : Lots of podcasts, especially for photoshop and photoshop elements

 09:46 wfryer : http://stringandme.com/

 09:48 ustreamer-78646 : Advantage to getting them on iTunes is you can take them with you on iPods

 09:48 wfryer : http://blip.tv/ supports creative commons licensing

 09:48 ustreamer-50017 : the electorial system Common Craft newest video

 09:48 wfryer : yes, good point, portability is very cool

 09:49 wfryer : i haven't seen the common craft election video- can you please drop that into the chat?

 09:49 wfryer : we'll share the chat transcript as shownotes for this episode

 09:49 ustreamer-50017 : The Election Process - Common Craft - newest one

 09:50 klmontgomery : http://search.creativecommons.org/

 09:50 klmontgomery : New Color

 09:51 klmontgomery : Like the Blue

 09:51 wired4history : How do other Mac Users feel about iShowU an inexpensive screencapture system?

 09:51 wfryer : i haven't used iShowU much, it seemed to create VERY large files

 09:51 wfryer : we need to address file compression

 09:52 ustreamer-78646 : FastStone Screen Capture is one of the best for Windows - http://faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

 09:53 wfryer : http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html

 09:53 jpatten : iShowU works great! Can even caputre your Windows OS in Parallels....in the past could not capture Windows virtually when on your mac :-)

 09:53 wfryer : http://k12onlineconference.org/

 09:53 jmpcronin : It can be difficult to get iShowU movies to compress well in YouTube. Like Jing Better

 09:54 ustreamer-11414 : http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ - saves your clips, too

 09:55 klmontgomery : http://www.wisdom-soft.com/asr/asr_pro.htm

 09:55 wfryer : that is auto--screen recorder, for Windows users

 09:55 ustreamer-43391 : I just use the SMART Board recorder to create screencasts

 09:55 wfryer : yes, smart board recorder is great

 09:56 wfryer : it makes large files though,  doesn't it?

 09:56 jpatten : Stomp from ShinyWhiteBox ...same people who do iShowU, are providing Stomp for $15 to do compression of vide (screen captures) ...you need the special code of "STOMPOFFER" to get this deal before the end of August.  Check out their site shinywhitebox.com

 09:57 jpatten : Above was @jmpcronlin

 09:57 wfryer : I've used iSquint as a free video compressor on the Mac side too, used this last year for k12online

 09:57 wfryer : http://www.isquint.org/

 09:58 ustreamer-78646 : Atomic Learning uses HyperCam for Windows in their training http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/

 09:58 jpatten : Also....Interwrite Pad People provided a link to their software which inlcuded screen capture

 09:58 wired4history : are there some best practices guides for size/frame rates for web use of videos?

 09:58 tonyvincent : ScreenFlow (Mac only) is my favorite. http://varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/

 09:59 jpatten : YouTube, blipTv al provided faqs on best resolutions...

 09:59 jpatten : important to resize window before capture to support compression later

 10:00 jpatten : especially if you want people to be able to read menus, screen text, etc.

 10:00 wfryer : tony, can we skype you into the call to discuss screenflow?

 10:01 tonyvincent : Sure.  Let me get my headset.

 10:01 wfryer : you'll just need to launch skype

 10:01 wfryer : and pause ustream

 10:01 jpatten : another nice tool  Video Cue Pro...great tool for combining video, talking head, stills into one video

 10:02 dserrato : I just started using Camtwist with skype

 10:03 dserrato : Allows you to show your screen to who you are speaking to

 10:03 klmontgomery : Ipod converter http://www.jodix.com/

 10:04 klmontgomery : another ipod converter http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

 10:04 dserrato : Also, Yuuguu seems like a great one because you can use it with Mac and PC

 10:08 jpatten : Off topic...Wesley using Soundflower on mac to combine audio outputs on the Skype calls?

 10:08 klmontgomery : http://www.yuuguu.com/home?

 10:09 dserrato : yes,  www.yuuguu.com

 10:09 wfryer : yes, using soundflower to do this

 10:09 wfryer : instructions for doing this webcast are on: http://ryangordonproductions.com/ustream

 10:10 tonyvincent : ScreenFlox example: http://azk12.org/media_content/24

 10:13 wfryer : http://witness.org/

 10:14 dserrato : searching for ScreenFlox and not finding it

 10:14 klmontgomery : http://www.video4ipod.org/

 10:14 tonyvincent : Sorry, it's ScreenFlow.  Typo.  :-)

 10:14 dserrato : he he he

 10:14 tonyvincent : http://varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/

 10:16 wfryer : http://www.learninginhand.com/OurCity/

 10:17 ustreamer-3730 : great webiste

 10:17 ustreamer-3730 : --Stacey F here :)

 10:17 klmontgomery : http://storychasers.org/

 10:17 tonyvincent : Hi Stacey!

 10:17 ustreamer-3730 : HEY Tony, stalking you again

 10:18 ustreamer-3730 : Karen is a geek ROCK STAR

 10:20 wfryer : Karen's geek of the week: http://delicious.com

 10:21 wfryer : http://www.memoryarchive.org

 10:26 tonyvincent : http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/

 10:28 wfryer : Guitar hero for the DS?

 10:28 wfryer : recommendations for a new Wii game, besides Wii Fit? Perhaps a flying game?

 10:28 wfryer : Mario Cart

 10:29 ustreamer-3730 : have you seen how to make a smartboard with a wii?

 10:29 wfryer : yes, that is amazing!

 10:29 wfryer : http://www.piclens.com/

 10:29 dserrato : I've done the project. It was fun

 10:29 bcdtech : Has anyone tried the whiteboard w/wii?

 10:30 bcdtech : Easy enough to do for the "challenged" DIY?

 10:30 dserrato : It was fun to create the whiteboard, but in reality it isn't really as useable as a normal whiteboard

 10:30 ustreamer-3730 : not not that useable

 10:30 ustreamer-55808 : LOVE the magic pen! Great to learn biomechanics! :)

 10:31 ustreamer-3730 : kerpoof.com

 10:31 ustreamer-3730 : another time waster :)

 10:31 dserrato : yea, easy enough to create. My colleague worked to put together the pen and we had to work hard to make it workable on the whiteboard

 10:31 ustreamer-3730 : Hiya Karen:)

 10:31 ustreamer-3730 : HI Tony !

 10:31 dserrato : getting the right location for the wiimote to see the pen was the most difficult part

 10:32 dserrato : great job guys

 10:32 ustreamer-3730 : tony shy????

 10:32 ustreamer-3730 : uggg

 10:33 ustreamer-83948 : Is there a schedule for these sessions?

 10:33 ustreamer-83948 : Great! Looking forward to it.

 10:33 ustreamer-55808 : Can you show the websites again?

 10:38 wfryer : yes I will post them now on http://techshoppingcart.pbwiki.com/

 10:38 wfryer : we are trying for every 2 weeks, on Friday mornings like we did today